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American writer-director-producer Andrew L. Stone attended the University of California and then joined the San Francisco Film Exchange. He began in Hollywood with Universal in 1918, serving his initial apprenticeship in a film laboratory. After several more years of toil in Universal's prop department he graduated to directing short films. He financed his first two-reel effort, The Elegy (1927), himself. The following year he helmed his first feature film. Stone could hardly be described as a prolific film maker until at least the late 30s when he began contributing several story lines for light entertainments, such as The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) and Hi Diddle Diddle (1943). He achieved his first critical acclaim as a director for his all-black musical Stormy Weather (1943), starring the exuberant Lena Horne. The New York Times (July 22) praised Stone's 'knowing direction' and the film as 'moving smoothly' and 'being paced just right'.
Stone worked under contract at Paramount (1938-41), United Artists (1943-47) and MGM (1955-62). In 1943, he set up his own production company as a means of attaining a greater measure of creative independence. Commencing with Highway 301 (1950), he proceeded to turn out a brace of commercially successful minor thrillers, films noirs and action pictures. Scornful of back-projection and post-synchronisation, he shot these films in real locations (rather than at studio facilities) for added realism, moreover, using genuine infrastructure (aircraft, trains, ocean liners) in preference to props. Some of his projects were also based on actual events, gleaned by researching factual crime magazines (of which Stone received up to eight per month on subscription). Regarded as the best among Stone's thrillers are The Steel Trap (1952) and Cry Terror! (1958).
He frequently worked in tandem with his wife Virginia L. Stone who acted as musical editor and financial supervisor. Stone's career ended rather abruptly after two lavishly-produced composer biopics, Song of Norway (1970) and The Great Waltz (1972), ended up being massive commercial failures. Nonetheless, his significant contribution to the concept and mechanics of on-location shooting was recognised with a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.- Animation Department
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amby Paliwoda was born on 20 December 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Amby was a director and assistant director, known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Shinbone Alley (1970) and The Adventures of Batman (1968). Amby died on 9 June 1999 in Manhattan Beach, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Vaughn Paul was born on 5 January 1916. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Armored Car (1937), Hired Wife (1940) and Black Diamonds (1940). He was married to Deanna Durbin and Dorthy Jane Douglas. He died on 9 June 1999 in Riverside, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Ernesto Calindri was born on 5 February 1909 in Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Mademoiselle Gobete (1952), Fame and the Devil (1949) and Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani (1962). He was married to Roberta Mari. He died on 9 June 1999 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Make-Up Department
- Actor
- Producer
Ron Kinney was born on 10 March 1928 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Octaman (1971), The Cremators (1972) and Wild Riders (1971). He died on 9 June 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- People's Artist of the GSSR (1967). Born on May 29 (June 11), 1913 in Tiflis. In 1935 he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory in the classical composition of M.M. Bagrinovskogo, V.V. Shcherbacheva and I.I. Tuskia, postgraduate study in 1938 (supervisor I. I. Tuskia, P. B. Ryazanov and B. A. Arapov). Since 1938 - teacher, since 1963 - Professor of the Tbilisi Conservatory, in 1945-1947 - Dean of the Faculty of Theoretical Composition. In the years 1931-1934 - conductor and composer Dram, Theater. K. Marjanishvili. Founder and artistic director (1941-1943) of the State Variety Orchestra of the Georgian SSR. Works: operas - Nana (Tbilisi, 1959), We, mothers of the world (1966); ballets - Hamlet (1971), Medea (1975); operetta - Dragonfly (based on the comedy M. Baratashvili "Marine", Sverdlovsk, 1952); for soloists, choir and orchestra - the Vityaz oratorio in tiger-skin (1938); for orchestra, bass and female choir - Three monologues about Lenin (1970); for the orchestra - suites: Girl from Hidobani (1939), Pioneer (1946), suite from the operetta Dragonfly (1953), Estradnaya (1961), Painting (1950), The solemn ode (1967); Concerts with orchestra - for violin (1946), for cello (1950); children's suite for string orchestra - Four Strokes (1969); for chamber orchestra - Two textures (1969); for pop orchestra - Georgian Rhapsody; for stringed instruments, piano and timpani - symphony (1964), symphony No. 2 (1971), No. 3 (Rostok, 1972), chamber symphony (1965, 1968); 9 variations - concert for nonet (1971); for brass band - 3 march; 4 quartets (1946, 1955, 1962, 1962); 3 string quartets; Divertimento for woodwind quartet (1969); for piano - Sonata (1965), 5 Inventions (1963), Little Pieces (1967), a series of children's pieces (1968); for violin solo sonata (1936); for choir and orchestra - the Song about the Party and the Song about the astronauts (1963); for voice with piano - romances: Be excited, the sea (words by A. Tsereteli, 1938), Drying tears (words by N. Baratashvili, 1947), On the hills of Georgia (words by A. Pushkin, 1946), vocalism (1953), Meeting (words M. Lermontov, 1940); songs (more than 50); music for dramatic performances and films. He passed away on June 9, 1999.